Seven Poem Annotated by Harriet Busby

Seven Poem

A recording of the poem "Seven." The poem debuted at the Eras Tour in 2022. Taylor Swift performs the poem.

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Annotations

00:00 - 00:49

calming musical introduction

Ambient Noise

00:49 - 00:52

Bells

Ambient Noise

00:58 - 01:01

Bells

Ambient Noise

01:03 - 01:10

Bar chimes

Ambient Noise

01:07 - 01:12

Natural speak

Meter

01:07 - 01:12

If you wish to romanticize the woman I became

Transcription

01:08 - 01:10

Echo

Ambient Noise

01:12 - 01:15

Pause

Caesura

01:15 - 01:17

Echo

Ambient Noise

01:15 - 01:20

Then, say you'll remember me standing in a nice dress.

Transcription

01:15 - 01:20

Natural speak

Meter

01:21 - 01:24

Staring at the sunset

Transcription
Amplitude
Pitch

01:24 - 01:26

Pause

Caesura

01:26 - 01:27

Tonal Shift

Tempo

01:26 - 01:32

Or you could begin at the beginning

Transcription

01:32 - 01:35

Natural Speak

Meter

01:32 - 01:35

And in that case

Transcription

01:32 - 01:36

crowd noises

Audience Sounds

01:32 - 02:58

Nature sound effects

Ambient Noise

01:35 - 01:39

Pause

Caesura

01:39 - 01:42

Shift in delivery from casual to dramatic speak

Meter

01:39 - 01:42

Please picture me in the trees

Transcription

01:42 - 01:45

Pause

Caesura

01:45 - 01:48

I hit my peak at seven

Transcription
Context
Timbre

01:48 - 01:51

Pause

Caesura

01:51 - 01:55

Feet in the swing over the creek

Transcription
Amplitude

01:55 - 01:58

Pause

Caesura

01:58 - 02:00

Laugh while speaking

Pitch
Timbre

01:58 - 02:00

I was too scared to jump in

Transcription

02:00 - 02:06

But I was high in the sky

Transcription

02:07 - 02:08

With Pennsylvania under me

Transcription
Context

02:08 - 02:13

Pause

Caesura

02:13 - 02:17

Are there still beautiful things?

Transcription
Tempo

02:17 - 02:19

Pause

Caesura

02:19 - 02:21

Sweet tea in the summer

Transcription

02:21 - 02:26

summer/other rhyme

Rhyme

02:22 - 02:26

Cross your heart, won't tell no other

Transcription

02:23 - 02:25

crowd noises

Audience Sounds

02:26 - 02:31

And though I can't recall your face, I still got love for you

Transcription
Context

02:31 - 02:34

Pause

Caesura

02:34 - 02:37

Your braids make a pattern

Transcription
Pitch

02:37 - 02:41

Pattern/Saturn rhyme

Rhyme
Verse Structure

02:38 - 02:41

Love you to the Moon and to Saturn

Transcription
Pitch

02:41 - 02:44

Pause

Caesura

02:44 - 02:49

Passed down like folk songs

Transcription

02:49 - 02:51

Pause

Caesura

02:49 - 02:51

songs/long rhyme

Rhyme
Verse Structure

02:51 - 02:57

The love lasts so long

Transcription
Duration
Tempo
Pitch

Project By: Harriet Busby
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